Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Andres
Stuart Ward escribió: >On 7 December 2013 17:03, Tony Pursell >wrote: > >> like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only >scroll >> through the programs running in that window. >> > >That is one of the features of the unity desktop. Some people like >this. > >Personally I pref

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Stuart Ward
On 7 December 2013 17:03, Tony Pursell wrote: > like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll > through the programs running in that window. > That is one of the features of the unity desktop. Some people like this. Personally I prefer the gnome shell version, where you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Pope
Hi David, On 11 December 2013 12:25, David King wrote: > For virtual machines, I recommend using Virtual Box, although you have to do > stuff to compile the Virtual Box extensions into the kernel -- it comes with > the commands you need to enter and is quite easy to do. > You should not need to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread David King
On 08/12/13 00:06, Andres wrote: I seem to recall configureing atl+tab to cycle through all programs independantly of which workspace they are in. I can look it up if useful. It should be only useful if you run a small amount of programs at the samd time. Also, if I remember correctly, you can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-08 Thread Norman Silverstone
On 08/12/13 16:21, alan c wrote: On 07/12/13 13:50, Norman Silverstone wrote: I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-08 Thread alan c
On 07/12/13 13:50, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to > know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual > computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be > something wrong with my set up. For e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread Andres
Norman Silverstone escribió: >> >> I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would >like >> to know whether each space should behave as if it were an >individual >> computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may >be >> something wrong with my set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For example I am using my web browser o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Norman On 7 December 2013 13:50, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to > know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. > I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong > wit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread Simon Greenwood
Hello - Workspaces are just ways of organising your desktop so all the underlying processes running on them are all in the same system, just on different panes, so as Chrome is set up as your browser for handling URLs, a click will pass the URL to the running copy, and the window handler manages i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
From: Norman Silverstone workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I doubt it - i think its just like a 4 times bigger desktop with only a quarter showing, if you want to log in to two different yahoo? email accounts at the

[ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For example I am using my web browser on space 1. Leaving